In the CDplayer

I am no music critic. I just know what I like and what I don't like. Music has always played an integral part of my life growing up. When you sort of don't fit in anywhere, music can help fill some voids. I've got an easy way of analyzing music. If it ellicits some form of emotion from me, happiness, sadness, melancholy, anger, energy, etc. it works. If it just does nothing well, than it doesn't.

This metric holds no prejudices, and has produced favorite music across many genres. Though I just don't get jazz. And the current crop of R&B soul just goes in one ear and out the next. How in the world the WHO was classified as maximum R&B has got me. I bought a CD for the first time in over a year. Been outta music except for free downloads here and there. Had a gift cert at B&N.

I decided to get American Idiot by Green Day.

They have been one of my favorite bands since Dookie put them on the map. Regardless of what some say about being sellouts, their brand of punk works for me. There is something about this album that is different. Before I'd listen to their songs more on an individual basis and would skip through the CD or better yet scramble play on the MP3 player. But American Idiot I have listened to like 5 or 6 times all the way through end to end. I hardly ever do that unless i have to.

I really think it is an incredibily well put together album. And love it. Grammy Shmammy, it is just somegood straight up in your face music that flows together and creates emotions galore for me.

Not sure yet how the songs will work in random mode and under the stress of an interval. the only problem is I wish they didn't cuss so much. My kid loves american idiot, and it is bad enough to have him running around the house screaming the lyrics. But I just can't let him listen to the rest of the album. I remember when the whole parental lyrics thing came out and was all in arms about it. But now, I am quite glad. It is just like the day we had our first child, everyone started driving so damn fast.

You're in god's country now, so don't drive like hell!!!

cya